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    Correlation and Causation in the Civil Rights Movement: The Court’s Causal Influence on the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights movement was a collaborative effort towards equal rights for African Americans. In 1954‚ the Supreme Court deemed “separate but equal” unconstitutional in the case‚ Brown v. Board of Education. Some scholars of the Supreme Court argue that the Court had direct‚ causal influence on the Civil Rights movement‚ while some argue that the Court had little

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    The Civil Rights Movement was an enormous issue between the 1950s and the 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement was an ongoing cause. African Americans were trying to achieve the same equal rights that the whites had. Every progression that they achieved‚ they saw as a victory. Was that the only reason why they were being persecuted for many years‚ or was is because they were actually making progress? For instance‚ Civil rights is the protection of historically underprivileged groups from the violation

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    Integration is important because everyone should be treated equally no matter what color they are. There were so many people trying to stop all of this from happening during the Civil Rights Movement. Some were even assassinated for standing up for what they believed in. Many people took part in marches‚ bus boycotts to protest segregation. For example people took part in the bus boycotts because Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus Montgomery‚ Alabama. People got angry

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    Within each and every one of us‚ there lies a very distinct and recognizable force that urges us to take action. It brings forth a feeling of which we all are unmistakably familiar. Big or small‚ we all have felt this feeling. It is felt it in the midst of a crisis when the safety of life is the only thing at mind. Or when vigilant confrontation arises‚ and the truth must be heard. It moves within us in situations of less dire consequence too‚ like when the alarm sounds on an early morning and

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    unknowing what your major rights are‚ they will be further explained. Civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. Constitutional rights are also known as amendments‚ a list of rights of citizens. Some examples would be the first amendment - freedom of speech‚ press‚ assembly and religion; another example‚ the right to vote. These rights were made to ensure there would be no discrimination of the sexes‚ races‚ or religions. Individual rights refer to the liberties

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    Although the movement was fueled by much more than these objections. It was the rise of counterculture and anti-establishment in the youth that really brought the movement the recognition it receives today. The Anti-War movement was essentially the birth of modern day activism. Along with civil rights movement‚ it set the precedent for future

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    The Speech How are we going to protect our rights ? Discrimination is huge these days; it is calmer‚ but it was huge back then. In the past‚ African-Americans were only allowed to use specific water fountains and on the bus whites had to sit in the front and blacks in the back . The theme in the interview and the speech is that their needs to be a fight to make a change. In the past‚ white people were very powerful and had privileges that African-American people did not. This made African-American

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    believe that it is a person’s right to choose who they marry even if it is of the same sex. I think it is essential to the growth of the community to have same sex marriage made legal. Same sex marriage is a civil right. The NAACP‚ on May‚ 2012‚ named same sex marriage as “one of the key civil rights struggles of our time.” Without this civil right we will be taking a large step backwards in the race to equality. If the group that was there for the largest civil rights movement in history is saying

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    African Americans along with other minority groups and supporters of the cause went against regulations placed by those of a racially-segregating mindset in order to obtain equal rights. Sit-ins such as that arranged by four college students in a North Carolina Woolworth’s “Whites Only” sitting section‚ went against state law but were acts of protest to gain deserved equal treatment and service for all. Large-scale marches were organized

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    people talk about the civil rights movement‚ the first thing that comes to mind is the famous speech "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King. His dream in short was to have equality among human beings. For the past thirty years‚ this country has been revolutionizing humanitarianism because there is greater concern for human welfare than one hundred years ago. The revolution began during the 1960 ’s‚ and during that era this country was drastically involved in changing the civil rights of minority groups

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